While in theory all the UK by 2015 should have access to a 2 Mbps service
via the BDUK projects, what is not clear yet is how reliant local authorities
will be on services like satellite broadband to fill the hardest to reach
areas. It is this doubt and lack of information driving many communities to
resource their own solutions.

Tooway is one of the better known names in the satellite broadband market is
revamping
its product range, with new products costing £20 to £75 and usage
allowances ranging from 2GB right up to unlimited. The change in the policy on
usage over shadows a further speed tweak that sees download speeds raised to 20
Mbps, with 6 Mbps remaining for the upload.

Tooway S

Tooway M

Tooway L

Tooway XL

Tooway Absolute

Max Downlink

2 Mbps

20 Mbps

20 Mbps

20 Mbps

20 Mbps

Max Uplink

1 Mbps

6 Mbps

6 Mbps

6 Mbps

6 Mbps

Usage allowance

2 GB

10GB

20 GB

30GB

Unlimited

Overnight allowance 11pm to 7am

n/a

n/a

Unlimited

Unlimited

Unlimited

Monthly RRP

£19.99

£29.99

£39.99

£49.99

£74.99

Monthly Equipment Rental RRP

£6

£6

£6

£6

£5

In the past, understanding what speed you would get from a satellite based
service was complex and all too often it was impossible to tell if a slow speed
was because of your usage level or a general performance problem. If Eutelsat
with its Tooway products
is able to sustain the new usage levels and price points while offering a
reasonable quality of service, then those in the hardest to reach parts of the
UK may be a little less upset if their only option for faster broadband is
satellite based.

With some of the local authority broadband projects looking beyond the 2015
targets, it may be will see a rise in the use of satellite services until
2016-2017 when the next stage of some projects starts to push fixed line
services that fingers crossed are fully fibre based deeper into rural areas.
The use of satellite services as a temporary solution may be seen as the
preferable method to using range extenders on ADSL services, which can prove
costly for each line served or just to cover the time until 4G services arrive
in the area.

Comments

Posted by
Apilar over 4 years ago
Unlimited without FUP and traffic shaping?

Posted by
andrew ( staff member)
over 4 years ago
Seems to be the case based on what they are saying. Though as ever people need to read the detail.

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5134-new-advertising-rules-for-unlimited-broadband-come-into-play.html details the rules they have to adhere to if selling an unlimited service these days.

Posted by
vicdupreez over 4 years ago
The first 4 packages will be useless for anyone that want to do any sort of streaming at all... The last package, while suitable for normal internet stuff and streaming, is still not good for gaming or voip. The latency is going to be too big. I am sorry to say this again, but even though the pricing is going in the correct direction, it is still not fit for purpose. Well, not for me or anyone I know anyway...

Posted by
kellyb127 over 4 years ago
I am in spain and have the xl package and its the worst thing i have ever done. While i can access emails, and browse the internet,it is at such a low speed that its not even worth turning on the pc most of the time. My pc is new, with a 6 core athlon processor and32 gig of ram, soits not my pc that is slow.
It takes approx 2-3 minutes toload a full webpage and as for streaming,forget it, it just will not do it, total rubbish

Posted by
otester over 4 years ago
^

Do a speedtest and post the link.

Posted by
herdwick over 4 years ago
20 GB per month with scheduled overnight downloads outside the limit would be adequate for me if there was no alternative.

Posted by
8skellerns over 4 years ago
Ordered this service, the totally unlimited one, and having it installed on Tuesday!! Even getting my Sky LNB added to the new Tooway dish, and disposing of the minidish :) Getting ready to tell BT to stuff their phone and BB! VOIP, no problem, as have a 3G phone for that on Three's One Plan. I would just use tethering, but Data stops altogether in evenings, and my family needs the web when i'm not at home.

Posted by
diablo401972 over 4 years ago
£75 pounds plus 5 for Unlimited broadband they are taking the mick nobody is going to pay £75 plus £5 for rental they need to look at there prices again how can broadband from a dish cost more than tv come on guys wake up and smell the coffee

Posted by
8skellerns over 4 years ago
Well I have had this service for nearly a month, and downloaded well over 100gb+ and still got a full 20mb down and 6mb up! Yes £75 is expensive (admittedly I am only paying £64.99 though Avonline Broadband) it is the only option to get unlimited superfast broadband where I live 24x7! Not once has the speed dropped below the advertised rate, in fact often a speed test shows 22mb down!